May 12 2024
Joe V. Smith
Keeper
Reservation Number : 39772
Property Name : Cody Ranch: Moonshine Lake
Reservation Date : 05/11/2024 AM - 05/11/2024 AM
Total Fish/Sizes : 41 5 lbs to 8"
Lures Used : frog,chatter bait,creature baits & wackky
Fished with another member the morning of 5/11/24.The lake is full with visibility of 18” and the lily pads and vegetation are beginning to take off.The wind was from zero to 4 mph .
We started at the dock and headed away from the dam fishing the shore line and lily pads fishing out of kayaks. Nothing on frogs and only a few along the shore and in the lily pads on creature baits and wtless sinkos. Moved out to the stick-ups using creature baits and wacky worms and started to catch fish.Most everything came around 30 ft out from the lily pads on wacky worms. Ended up catching 41 bass of which 15 were removed. The largest was 5 lbs then a 4.8 lbs fish and two at 3.8 lbs. Wat/red was good along with june bug, a purple yum dinger and red shad trick worm all fished wacky style. Along the way a chatter baiit picked up four fish.Working our way around the catching died as we apporched the dam and then not a single strike.I went back the to opposite side of the dam where we had caught fish earlier and picked up a few more while my friend continued along the dam back to the dock and never got a strike.